I mean, seriously, just put this dish in a takeout container and voila – you’ve got sesame noodles (just with cucumbers!)

You can easily swap in zucchini noodles here, for more oomph. If you’re having this for dinner, use zucchini noodles and add chicken or beef to really wow yourself. This recipe, as is, is meant to be a side to your dinner or lunch.

This sauce yields a little less than 1 cup, so if you don’t want to make 5-6 servings, you can easily divide it by 1/2 or 1/4 to make it for 2-3 people instead. Or, if you’re meal planning for the week, just prep your spiralized vegetables and this sauce separately.

Most importantly, it’s crucial that you fully pat-dry the cucumber noodles after spiralizing. If you don’t, the excess moisture in the noodles will thin out the sesame sauce, taking away from some of its flavor. For a video on spiralizing cucumbers, click here.

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Inspiralized started out of a pure passion for eating healthy and helping others. When Ali Maffucci, discovered the spiralizer, she quickly learned how easily it could be used to make creative, delicious and nutritious meals

Hi- i really appreciate your inspiring ways to work with the spiralizer. (i guess thats why you named your blog as such!:) when i went to your video for the cucumber it's using a different blade than the photos in this post. i'm new to using the padermo spiralizer-- just wanted to give you a heads up on that difference. many thanks

Great recipe --I can "taste" it by reading. If one can't find coconut aminos or want to take out a loan to buy it, some Paleo people substitute tamari (Japanese soy sauce next to the soy in most grocery stores) even though it is not 100% Paleo. Just look for the wheat free one. I wouldn't add the honey (added sugars are not healthy) and the other ingredients will temper the vinegar so it'snot really necessary. I will make this for supper.

Hii! I have a question not about this post but about spiralizing jicama - it looks so easy, but last night when I tried to do it - it was like the jicama had to much moisture inside and I could get the handle to turn with out turning it into mush...has that ever happened to you? I felt silly, because it looks so easy on here.

I made this tonight! I was a little leery after tasting the sauce and cuc's, but once you add the scallions and sesame.. amazing.
Thanks, That was the easiest recipe yet.
The only twist I made was to add about 1/4 tsp of salt.
Keep em coming Ali!

Hi Ali ~ just commenting on other comments. This is Not an UNheathy recipe!
It is a side dish-- which usually isn't high in protein. I think this should be filling enough that less meat would be needed as the main dish.
Using Organic Raw Honey adds nutrients. The Miso is a good idea -- it is more than adding flavor it adds the goodness of Fermentation. Organic Unrefined Sesame Oil is fine or use part Organic Coconut Oil. Coconut Nectar and Coconut Aminos are both good substitutions.
A few shakes of Toasted Sesame Oil would be a rich flavorful addition.
This sauce over fresh crisp cucumber noodles sound so delicious and refreshing! I will be making it soon.... thank you for another teriffic recipe!
Yay -- wedding invitations -- it's getting closer! :)

Using organic raw honey adds far more fructose than it does trace minerals or any other significant nutrients. The one tablespoon adds 64 calories of nothing but sugar with over half of it being fructose which is the source of heart disease according to the latest research.
Everyone can make up their own mind as to what they want to sub or leave out. I just don't like to see people justify adding honey as a "safe" or "healthy' ingredient just because it happens to have insignificant quantities of anything but fructose and other sugars. It is still an added sugar. Sugar is sugar is sugar and fructose is the specific cause of LDL-b, the type that hardens the arteries according to the latest research. The minuscule trace elements in honey cannot negate that fact. I just want people to understand these added sugars are not good or healthy , even when organic, raw, homespun or whatever else. They are all directly related to heart disease.

Patting cucumber noodles dry DOES NOT DO IT. I have learned to put mine in a colander and put a weight on top for about 20 minutes, THEN pat dry. Otherwise your sauce will be watery. For those of you concerned about fat, lighten up and read the new research. Use fresh ground or old fashioned peanut butter, not Jif.

If you don't want to add peanut butter of any kind but get the peanut taste, take dry roasted or other peanuts and grind them up into peanut powder in a spice grinder. Thickens the sauce, add the flavor and only the natural fats in a peanut are in your recipe. If you buy low fat peanut flour, you get 3.5 fat grams fat per tbsp, dry roasted has 7.95 fat grams per tbsp and regular has 8.67 g fat per tbsp. They're just a fatty legume so you can choose what you want.

Where actually is the recipe? I love your ideas, but I cant' hardly ever find the recipe for anything. This post shows pictures of the cucumbers and the final dish and the sauce , but where is the recipe listed? I don't see it on the page at all.

oops, I found it, I just didn't keep scrolling to the very bottom of the photos. I have found this problem a couple of times (looking for the recipe) would you possibly consider moving the recipe up to the top?

Or if you have trouble finding the PB2 , don't like the extra cost or the added sugar, you can grind dry roasted peanuts in your spice/coffee bean grinder. There's 6 calories, .5 g fat and .22 g CHO of which .04 is sugar grams in each dry roasted peanut. So 12 dry roasted peanuts would have half the fat calories of PB2 and be easier to find depending on where you live. They would also go far in adding the flavor. That's what I use and do for any recipe that needs PB flavor with the lowest calories possible considering the flavor of these fatty little legumes. It all depends on what you want.

I've made it 2 or 3 times myself and had the same problem. The last time I put the noodles in my salad spinner and that helped quite a bit. I'm going to carry the dressing separately and toss it on before I eat it for lunch. I think that will help too.

I did not have any cucumbers but I added some raw broccoli florets. It was very tasty. I think the sauce could be used on a variety of raw vegetables. This was our first time eating "zoodles" . Could barely tell it was not real pasta!!